OCTOBER 4 – SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
“You can find someone who’s religious, with plenty of this world’s goods, and yet not thereby puffed up and proud. And you can find someone in need, who has nothing, and won’t settle for anything. This one does not have more grounds for hope than the former; the first is poor in spirit, because humble, while this one is indeed poor, but not in spirit.”
Sermon 53A
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Augustine For Today
OCTOBER 3 – SAINT THEODORA GUÉRIN
“Blessed are the poor in spirit. What does poor in spirit mean? Being poor in wishes, not in means. One who is poor in spirit, you see, is humble; and God hears the groans of the humble and doesn’t despise their prayers.”
Sermon 53A
Augustine For Today
OCTOBER 2 – THE GUARDIAN ANGELS
“Note the Psalmist’s words: ‘I sought the Lord and He answered me.’ Where did the Lord hear? Within. Where does He reply? Within. There you pray, there you are heard, and there you are made happy. Therefore, enter your heart. Happy are those who delight to enter their hearts and find no evil.”
Commentary on Psalm 33
Augustine For Today
OCTOBER 1 – SAINT THERESE
“This is what holding to the right path means: that we should keep our eyes always on the Lord, for he will deliver our feet from the snare. He who so conducts himself is neither parched in the heat of business nor chilled by idleness; neither boisterous nor languid, neither reckless nor renegade, neither foolhardy nor feeble.”
Letter 48
Francis J. Cerullo, O.S.A.
1940 – 2020 (September 28) Francis J. (Fritz) Cerullo was born on May 24, 1940, in Minersville, Pennsylvania, one of three sons and one daughter of Anthony J. Cerullo and Elizabeth Brennan. He was baptized on June 16, 1940 at Saint Vincent DePaul Church, Minersville, and attended Saint Patrick School and Nativity BVM High School, […]
Augustine For Today
JULY 31 – SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
“In walking in faith, let us do good. In our good works let love of God be free, love of neighbor considerate and kind. After all, we haven’t got anything we can do for God; but because there are plenty of things we can do for our neighbor, by helping the needy we shall deserve well of the divine abundance.”
Sermon 91, 9
Augustine For Today
JULY 30 – SAINT PETER CHRYSOLOGUS
“The spirit of the person who actually hands something to a poor man experiences a kind of sympathy with common humanity and infirmity when the hand of the one who has is actually place in the hand of the one who is in need. Although the one is giving, the other is receiving; the one being attended to and the one attending are being joined in a real relationship.”
Sermon 259, 5
Augustine For Today
JULY 29 – SAINT MARTHA
“In Martha was to be found the image of things present, in Mary that of things to come. The kind Martha was leading, that’s where we are; the kind Mary was leading, that’s what we are hoping for; let us lead this one well, in order to have that one to the full.”
Sermon 104, 4
Augustine For Today
JULY 28 – SAINTS NAZARIUS AND CELSUS
“You should know that you perform a double work of mercy if you give
something to the poor in such a way that you give it yourself. What’s
called for, you see, is not only the kindness of lavishing assistance, but
also the humility of lending a helping hand.”
Sermon 259, 5
Augustine For Today
JULY 27 – SAINT NATALIE
“Christ became the way by which you should come to him. I’m not telling you, ‘Look for the way’; the way itself has come to you; get up and walk. Walk on your behavior, not your feet.”
Sermon 141, 4